Lstrblg » giant isopods http://www.lstr.net/blog Grg Lstr's linkdump and thoughts on science, family and things in the ocean that would kill you if given the opportunity. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:56:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Why I don’t go into the water…Reason 1,769: Giant wood lice feast on your corpse http://www.lstr.net/blog/2009/09/01/why-i-dont-go-into-the-water-reason-1769-giant-wood-lice-feast-on-your-corpse/ http://www.lstr.net/blog/2009/09/01/why-i-dont-go-into-the-water-reason-1769-giant-wood-lice-feast-on-your-corpse/#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2009 11:09:29 +0000 Grg http://www.lstr.net/blog/?p=717 As your waterlogged corpse settles on the ocean floor, giant isopods, crabs and eels pick it clean in an orgy of dissection and feasting.

There is no Davy Jone’s Locker waiting for you on the bottom, dear mariner. (Not even a Peter Tork’s Wastebasket.)

Just the horror…the horror…

Don’t go in the water. Things in there want you to die.

Specifically, these things. They’re just hanging out, waiting for you.

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